Composition for the destruction of insects.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SORLEY, 0F FEEDING, NEW ZEALAND.

COMPOSITION FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS.

No Drawing.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Application filed June 1, 1911. -Serial No. '630,658.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN 'SoRLnY, subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at F eilding, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented anew and useful Improved Composition for the Destruction of Insects; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

This invention relates to a composition that has been devised speciallyfor use in the destruction of garden insects and pests,

such as aphis, green fly, leech, cabbage moth,

' scale, caterpillars and other insects.

The composition devised consists in a mixture of xylene, soft parafiinand sulfur mixed with sufiicient soft soap and water to form anemulsion. This emulsion for use is then dissolved in a suflicientquantity of water and the mixture sprayed upon the trees or plants to betreated.

The proportions of the ingredients may be varied to suit differentpurposes and classes of insects being treated. The following relativequantitieswill, however form a fair average strength for the compositionviz xylene 2 ozs; 6 drams, soft paraffin 1 oz. 3

drams, sulfur 16 grains. These quantities are mixed with a gallon ofwater in which one dram of the' soft soap has been dissolved to form asolution. The other ingredients are added to the solution formed by thewater and soft soap and an emulsion thus formed which may be sprayed onto the affected parts of the tree or shrub. More or lesswater may beadded to vary the strength of the emulsion to suit the requirements ofeach case being treated.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. A composition for the destruction of JOHN SORLEY.

Witnesses H. ALEXANDER, M. E. BROWN.

